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24 (2) Every donation from a permissible donor to a candidate or any of his election agents which is received and accepted by the candidate or any of his election agents during the relevant period must be recorded in a donation report under this section for that relevant period—
 * (a) if it is a single donation of not less than $10,000, or such other prescribed sum; or
 * (b) if, when it is added to any other donation to the candidate or any of his election agents from the same permissible donor, the aggregate amount of the donations is not less than $10,000, or such other prescribed sum.

(3) If during any relevant period no donations have been received by a candidate or any of his election agents which, by virtue of the provisions of this section, are required to be recorded in a donation report for that relevant period, the donation report shall contain a statement to that effect.

(4) A declaration under this section by a candidate at an election and his election agent, or a candidate at a presidential election and his principal election agent, shall be subscribed jointly in the prescribed form and shall state that, to the best of their knowledge and belief—
 * (a) all donations recorded in the donation report as having been accepted by the candidate and his election agent or agents, as the case may be, during the relevant period are from permissible donors;
 * (b) no other donations required by this section to be recorded in the donation report have been accepted by the candidate or any of his election agents during the relevant period;
 * (c) no anonymous donations, or no anonymous donations in excess of the sum permitted under section 14 (2), have been received and accepted by the candidate and his election agent or (as the case may be) the principal election agent during that same period; and
 * (d) no other donation from any person or body other than a permissible donor has been so received and accepted by the candidate or his election agent or agents during that same period.